I went though Airborne training in the summer of 1974. Because I was a taller and stronger trainee, I was selected to be the “pole man” during part of Tower Week.
Black Hats had nude centerfolds inside the tower shack; and it was emphasized to me how important it was to, “hit the hole” , a connection hooking the parachute to the frame of the frame of the the lift that raised the chute up to the top of the tower, all while other trainees chanted, “hit the hole, pole man, hit the hole.”
And there were still dancing girls at the I Bar in the basement of the O Club just up the street at that time too.